Improvement in sheaf-droppers for grain-binders



- 'J. BRANNING.

sheaf-Dropper for Grain-Binders.

No. 206,530. Patented July 30,1878.-

UNITED STATES PATENT O IoE.

JOSEPH BRANNING, ()F BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEAF-DROPPERS FOR GRAIN-BINDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,530, dated July 30,1878 application filed June 15, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH BRANNING, of Blooming Prairie, in the countyof Steele and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Self-Acting Bundle Carrier and Dropper forGrain-Binders, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing pres ent invention inpositionfor use on a harvester. Fig. 2 is a detail, to show mechanism foroperating the device.

The object of the present invention is to produce an attachment forharvesters and like machines; and consists in an improvement inmechanism for operating droppers automatically.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes a harvester or any like machine,of any usual or ordinary construction, having attached to it thebinding-table B. To this harvester A, and in convenient relation to thebinding-table, is connected the tilting carrier and dropper 0. This isso placed at one side of and below the binding-table that the bundlefalling or moved therefrom will, without any shock or jar, easily reachthe carrier or dropper. This carrier or dropper is secured to and hasmotion upon a shaft or axis, 0, which operates in stays or seats in theframe of the machine, and is adapted and secured thereto for thatpurpose in any convenient way or manner. At one end of the inner side ofthe carrier is secured the arm 0, having a longitudinal slot, 0, inwhich the pin d of crankshaft D plays back and forth, and in suchmovements tilts the carrier and dropper, as now indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 1. The other end of said crank-shaft is journaled in theframe of the machine, as now shown ata and the crank-arm d at this endof said shaft D is connected by cord or band 0 to the outer end of thearm E, which arm,at its other end,

is hinged to the machine so that it can have an up-and-down motion. Bymeans of pin or studt' on band I this arm E can be thus made to rise,and when said pin has passed by the arm it will fall back by gravityinto its original position, ready to be operated upon again by said studwhen, in the movements of the band, it shall reach the arm E. Thismotion of the band is caused by the revolutions of the boss a on theaxle of wheel A of the machine, said band passing over this boss andover wheel a, suitably mounted in the front part of the machine. By thismovement of the arm E a tilting motion is imparted to the carrier anddropper O, and when said stud has passed by said arm the saidcarrierwill, by gravity, be automatically restored to-its original andhorizontal position.

If desired, the band I may be carried over friction-rolls h h,intermediate between boss a and wheel a.

This attachment for devices of this character has been found to be ofvery great practical utility, not only in helping save labor, but ininsuring proper and safe handling of the grain bundles or sheaves.

Having thus described my invention, what I consider new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The grain-carrier 0, combined with the binding-table B, and adapted tobe automatically operated by means of crank-arm D, band I, lever E, andwheel A, in conjunction with the movements of the machine, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I do now affix mysignature in pres ence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH BRANNING.

Witnesses:

J. G. BRAINERD, G. S. BURNHAM.

